Sony TR4500 Near Edge Premium wax/resin thermal transfer ribbons

Sony TR4500 is the best ribbon on the market for thermal transfer printers equipped with near edge or corner edge printheads. Sony TR4500's back coating reduces static and prolongs printhead life.

• Meets FDA requirements for indirect food contact
• Prints excellent images on a wide variety of label and tag stocks (paper to low-end synthetics)
• Prints dark images at high speeds and low energy settings
• Features Sony's Smoothcoat™ back coat

Sony TR4500 Premium Wax Resin Ribbons Specific Features

• Near edge/corner edge applications
• Use with TEC, Avery, Novexx, and Smartdate near edge printers
• Prints excellent images on a wide variety of label and tag stocks (paper to low-end synthetics)
• Prints dark images at high speeds and low energy settings

Sony TR4500 Premium Wax Resin Ribbons Recommended Applications:
Shipping labels, retail tag labels, ingredient labels, pharmaceutical labels, general ticketing, direct package printing (poly-bags).

  

Shipping labels	Retail labels	Direct package printing	Retail tags

• Shipping labels
  Sony ribbons deliver crisp rotated bar codes on coated and uncoated tag and label stocks

• Retail labels
  Sony ribbons comply with FDA requirements for indirect food contact applications

• Direct package printing
  Scratch and smudge resistance make Sony ribbons ideal for direct printing on flexible poly-bags.

• Retail tags
  Sony ribbons will not stain fabrics when steamed, ironed or stored for extended periods of time.

Ribbon property
Description	Specification	Measurement method
Ink material	Wax/Resin	-
Total thickness (μm)	8.2 + 0.5	Micrometer
Base film thickness (μm)	4.8 + 0.4	Micrometer
Ink thickness (μm)	1.4 + 0.3	Micrometer
Ribbon transmission density	> 1.2	Densitometer
Print density	> 1.6	Densitometer

Durability of printed image

Label stock
Coated paper

Print speed
6ips

Print density
1.86

Smudge resistance
ANSI A*

Scratch resistance
ANSI A*

*Represents the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) Grade measured at the given conditions. Grade levels are A, B, C, D, and F, where A is excellent, B is above average, C is average, D is below average, and F is poor.

Test equipment
Colorfastness tester

Conditions

Smudge test
50 cycles @ 500 grams with cotton cloth

Scratch test
20 cycles @ 200 grams with stainless steel pointed tip

Conversion chart
Millimeters (mm) to inches > mm ÷ 25.4
Inches to mm > Inches ÷ 0.03937
Meters (m) to Feet (ft) > m ÷ 0.3048
Feet to Meters > Feet ÷ 3.2808
C° to F° > (1.8 x C°) + 32 = F°
F° to C° > (F° ÷ 1.8) -17.77 = C°
Thousand square inches (MSI) to m² > msi x 0.645
MSI = m² ÷ 0.645

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